Medicine glass



E. SCHNEIDER 1,839,268

Jan. 5, 1932.

v I I MEDICINE GLASS Filed June 22 1 935 I A I I ETD .5

Patented Jan. 5, 1932 UNITED STATES ELMER SCHNEIDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MEDICINE crass Application filed June 22,

This invention relates to a receptacle of glass or other material especially designed for measuring a quantity of medicine or other liquid without the use of an additional measuring receptacle.

The invention has for its object the provision of a container having a supplemental recess arranged to contain a predetermined quantity of material such as medicine so that the quantity may be conveniently measured within the receptacle itself.

The invention is exemplified in the com bination and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawing and described in the following specification, and it is more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, the figureis a vertical section of a receptacle having the present invention applied thereto, the embodiment being shown as incorporated in an ordinary glass tumbler.

In administering medicine it is the present practice of physicians and others to designate the dose in teaspoon or tablespoonfuls or fractions or multiples thereof. The commodity is ordinarily measured in a spoon and then placed in a glass tumbler, where it is commonl mixed with water to give the proper ilution. This practice has many objections. The spoons, of course, are made of metal and a great many commodities measured in this way are afi'ected to various degrees by the metal of the spoon. This not only may be injurious to the medicine, but is likely to corrode the spoon especially if the spoon is laid away with some of the material adhering thereto. The destruction of the spoon may be only the least of the evils result- 40 ing since the combination of the material wlth V V the spoon may produce poisons or other injurious products. Furthermore, the procedure commonly followed of measuring medicine in a spoon requires either that a spoon be kept in the medicine chest or that a special trip be made to the pantry or kitchen to secure a spoon when desired. This may be unpleasant or dangerous to health when it is necessary to leave a warm bathroom or bedroom and make a trip to a cold room down 1925. Serial No. 38,618.

stairs, especially, if this occurs at night or in the winter time. The present invention avoids all such inconveniences and dangers and insures a suitable measuring receptacle always present in the medicine glass. The arrangement of the supplemental measuring compartment in the preferred embodiment shown in the drawing is such that the liquid may be readily depositedin the measuring receptacle and without removing the liquid fromthe glass maybe mixed withwater inside the glass. V r

The drawing illustrates theusual form of tumbler 10, although it will be understood that'the invention may be made from various materials and in a variety of shapes and forms. In the wall of the tumbler near the rim'there is formed a depression 11. This depression may be molded or blown in the glass at the time that the glass is manufactured and requires no additional cost of manufacture after the proper mold is once made. It is preferably made sufiiciently close to the rim 12 of the glass that liquid may be poured from the bottle directly into the depression when the glass is held in a horizontal position. The depression may be made of any shape but usually it is preferred to make the shape similar to that of a spoon so that the purpose of the depression is suggested to any one seeing the glass without the necessity of explanation. The glass may be provided with but a single depression having the capacity of one teaspoon, but usually it will be preferable to have in addition a second depression 13 having a capacity of a tablespoon. This second depression may be provided with graduations 14 to indicate frac tions' of a tablespoon or to indicate teaspoonfuls. It will be noted that each graduation 14 extends around the depression and the complete graduation all lies in a single plane. Because of the curvature of the glass the edge or rim of the depression itself will extend to a line 15 beyond the uppermost graduation, but the depression will be filled when sufiicient liquid is deposited in thedepression to reach the level of the lowermost portion of the intersection line 15 when the glass is in a horizontal position. If more liquid is delT-D posited it of course cannot be filled up at the sides, but- Will run out along an element of the interior cylindrical surface of the glass. The same is true of the depression 11. The graduation line 16 may be provided to show the top of this depression similar to the graduation lines 14, but such line is not essential since it is possible to tell when the depression is full Without the line, as just explained.

An additional depression 17 may be provided in the bottom of the glass. This receptacle may have a different capacity from that of those in the sides or it may be the same as one or the other of the side depressions in order to serve as a check on the measurement in these depressions, or it may be provided as the only measuring depression, the depressions in the sides being omitted. WVhere it is the only measuring depression provided it has the advantage of the usual glass Which does not differ materially in appearance from ordinary glasses and yet has the advantage oi? a supplemental measuring depression Within the glass. This arrangement, however, is subject to some objections as it may be desirable to have a dis tinctive characteristic Which is readily observable even in the dark. Where the glass is provided With a side depression this is easily detected by the hand without the assistance of light. It may be more convenient for some to measure the liquid in a side depression since it is possible to view the level of the liquid at an oblique angle Without the necessity of looking directly down upon it. I

It Will be understood that many modifications of the invention may be made Without departure from the spirit and scope thereof as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A receptacle having a main compartment provided with an open top approximately as great in area as the maximum cross-sectional area'of said compartment and having a supplemental measuring depression of predetermined capacity and imperforate bottom formed in the inner surface of the side Wall oi said compartment.

2. A receptacle having a spoon-shaped measuring depression of predetermined capacity formed in the side Wall adjacent the top edge or rim or said receptacle.

A receptacle having measuring depres sions of different predetermined capacities formed in the inner face of the side Walls thereof.

4;. A receptacle havingdepressions of dif' ferent capacities formed in the inner face of the side Wall thereof adjacent the top edge or rim of said receptacle, one of said d-e aressions being graduated.

5. A receptacle made of vitreous material having a plurality of depressions of different 

